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Honda aiming to sell 3.5M electric motorcycles per year by 2030

Green Car Congress

Envisioning the future market environment, uses and technological advancements, Honda is exploring a range of future personal-use models including ones equipped with a power source besides swappable batteries. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Yamaha Motor Co.—have Battery sharing.

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Rising disposable income giving a thrust to connected cars in India – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Car variants that are connected feature-rich contribute as much as 45% of sales of a particular model, according to industry estimates. Connected cars are becoming the mainstream choice for many new car buyers in India fuelled by rising disposable incomes and an influx of new models.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

Teslarati

The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Simply put, if a person is intentionally putting themselves in danger by participating in illegal driving behaviors, no driver-monitoring system would be enough.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

For 40 years his personal transportation needs were met by a scooter. Incidentally, the Suzuki Dentsu Panasonic JV in Gujarat is working on Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) cells. It is easier for all electrical connections to be made in the stationary part, the stator. Prof was courteous enough to spend an entire morning with me.

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OLA S1 Electric Scooter Ownership Blog

Plug In India

The traditional scooter players like TVS, Hero, Honda, Suzuki, Vespa have yet to launch electric scooters. I got a call from them on March 6th for some OTP verification and the next day the person came home to verify my original documents. Then he connected his phone to the scooter via bluetooth and ran a command. Stay tuned.

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Best electric scooters in India 2023

Electric Vehicles India

Designed to give customers a smart, connected and personalized commuting experience. These features include full LED lighting, LCD screen, smartphone connectivity, removable battery, integrated Navi system, speedometer with digital display, meter, keyless start, USB port for mobile charging and notifications.

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Ola S1 Pro Electric Scooter: Test Ride & Observations

Plug In India

But I would have been happier with a flat floorboard, aka the Honda Activa and the Suzuki Access. I personally found the Ather design language resonates better with me. We tried finding out the charges for connectivity - a sore area for a lot of EV users, but Ola still has to take a call on that.